Caught My First Fish Of The Season!

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Went out today between 6ish and dark.  There were too many people fishing the few open spots on the main lake so I went to a smaller pond thats tucked up behind it.  The wind was blowing towards the bank I was fishing from and the sun was right overhead. Also I could see a new patch of lily pads starting to come in just below the surface.  Started out throwing a jig (which I don't do often and am not that good at).  No bites and I got it snagged and broke off.  Then I tied on a chartruese Strike King spinnerbait and got a hit!  It was just a dink and shortly after I got another small one.  Caught a thrid one too that was a little better, about 14 inches or so (maybe about 2lbs...?).  Then I lost my spinnerbait to an overhanging tree.  Had another that was a similar color but had a big colorado blade instead of the smaller willow/colorado config on the first one.  Didn't get any on that lure.  Don't know if it was the different blades or the fact that the sun went below the tree line and wasn't beating on the water anymore.  Maybe a little of both.  Either way, Im really excited to be catching bass again, especially since these 3 were my first on a spinnerbait.  I can finally leave the trout rod/tackle box at home!

 

Sorry theres no pics.  Like a dum-dum, I forgot my camera (as well as my fishing license) in the trout box.

[The Rooster]

The camera you can do without but if you get checked without that license, you'll have a memory you won't need a camera for, haha.

Spinnerbaits are one of my favorite ways to catch them on. I remember my first bass on a spinnerbait. It was also a Strikeking in chartreuse color but had a Colorado and Oklahoma combination. Got 5 on it, tore up the skirt, cobbled it back together and came back the next day only to lose the bait. I felt like I'd lost a priceless bait!

[Felix77]

Congrats buddy ... Always feels good to get your 1st of the season.

[GoneFishi'n]

Nice job, I still need to catch my first spinnerbait fish. I also need to catch my first bass of the season. Hope you catch many more.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Thanks guys.  Im gonna try and get out Sunday or Monday morning if I can.  If not Im definitly going Thursday.  Thinking I might try some of the other lakes near me and see if the bites on there as well.